Process for making combined real-life and animated-cartoon motionpictures



L. h. BRUWNLEY.

PROCESS FOR MAKING COMBINED REAL LIFE AND ANIMATED CARTOON MOTIONPICTURES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-7,1917.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

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PROCESS FOR MAKING COMBINED REAL LIFE AND ANIMATED CARTOON MOTIONPICTURES.

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LESLIE ELTON BROWNLEIY, or Un on HILL, NEW JERSEY.

PROCESS non MAKING COMBINED REAL-LIFE AND ANIMATEDHCARTOON MOTION-so-called real life action, upon motion pic Another object of thisinvention comprises the process of producing real life action incombination with animated silhouette figures, this latter processcomprising a part of the first process above referred to.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide an improvedcombination and sequence of novel steps in the manufacture of motionpicture film, comprising the combination of real life action andanimated cartoon comic characters of such nature that the necessityof'making photographic enlargements of the individual exposures upon areel is eliminated, and the cost of production is thereby decreased to aminimum.

Further objects and details in the improved process, above referred to,are fully described in the following specification when read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is anegative photograph of real life action; Fig. 2 is a positive print ofthe negative of Fig. 1, but intended to represent such a print inundeveloped form; Fig. 3 is a cartoon character in detail upon a blackbackground; Fig. '4

' is a black silhouette of the cartoon of F ig.

3 without detail; Fig. 5 isa negative print of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is anegatlve print formed as the result of reexposing the positive print ofFig. 2 in undeveloped condition to light. with the silhouette screen ofFig.' 5 YSIIPGIIIH- posed thereupon, and then developing" and printingthis composite print ;a 7 is a negative obtained by photographing Flg. 3

showing all details of the comic character;

and Fig. 8. is a positive print of the negative print andcartoonsilhouette combination of Fig. 6, with the detailed cartooncharacter of Fig. 7' superimposed thereupon. Referring to the drawings,negative ex- Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Got. 12, 1920;

Application fi1ed iqovember 7, 1917. Serial No. 200,71

posures on a motion picture film are produced and developed such as thatrepresented by the scene in Fig. 1, this being under stood to representreal life action solely. F rom th1s negative a print is made which isobviously positive in character and represented by Fig. 2, though it isto be understood that at this stage of the process said positive printis left undeveloped.

Each of the exposures of the negative film, as represented by Fig. 1, isthen proected in enlarged proportions upon a ground glass or othersuitable surface, upon the reverse side of which in the case of glass anartist can readily draw upon a sheet of 1 suitable material a comic orcartoon character of the kind, position and arrangement desired tofinally appear in combination with the scene represented by theparticular exposure being thus enlarged. Having thus drawn the desiredcharacter in detail upon the said sheet of material, the background isfilled into make the same black as in Fig. 3. Or this step can beobtained by tracing thedrawing upon celluloid and opaquing back ofcharacter, then superimposing said I celluloid sheet upon a black, red,or other suitably colored surface. This comic character with blackbackground is then reproduced by tracing the same upon a white sheet ofpaper, or upon celluloid and the character blackened on the reverseside, as indicated in -Fig. 4-, the same comprising a black silhouettecharacter upon a white background.

Having thus obtained the arrangement illustrated by Fig. 4;, the same isphoto graphedby means of one or more exposures upon a negative motionpicture film, the result being exactly as represented by Fig. 5. it-this stage of the process the film, represented by F ig. 5, afterbeing developed, is superimposed in exact register upon the undevelopedfilm represented by Fig. 2, and the combined films run through a cameraor printing machine, as may be found most desirable, and the said filmof Fig. 2 again exposedto light. When this is completed, the film ofFig. 2 is developed and will be found to comprise the combination ofreal life action with the comic character in black silhouette thereuponand in exact registry therewith, from which a negative is made,

then made of the cartoons, as shown in Fig. 3, with all of their detailpresent, the result being an arrangement such as is shown in Fig. 7, thedetailed cartoon being surrounded by a transparent background. Afterthis is developed, the same is superimposed upon the negativeillustrated by Fig. 6, and a positive.print of the two combined is thenmade, with the result shown in Fig. 8 after development, the samecomprising a positive print of real life action in combination witha-cartoon character character combined therewith in white silhouette.Having such a combination negative a positive is made therefrom in theusual printing machine and after development the resulting product willbe found to i be like the arrangement shown in Fig. 8,

except that the comic character is a black silhouette throughout all ofits movements or changes in position, instead of having the details ashereinbefore described in the first process of which this latter formsin a way but a part. c

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

l. The process of producing a motion picture product comprising thefollowing steps :p hotographing a real life s'cene,making a positiveprint of the negative produced, making a comic character, making a blacksilhouette character from said first character, photographing said blacksilhouette characterto form a white silhouette character with a blackbackground, making a character and printing and developingsaidcombination to formlthe final print.

2. The process of producing a motion picture product comprising thefollowing steps:-photographing' a real life scene,"

' making two positive prints of the negative produced, projecting one ofsaid prints after development upon a surface, making a comic characterupon said surface 1n enlarged form to correspond with said projection,

making a black silhouette character from said first character,photographing said s11- houette character to form a white silhouettecharacter upon a blackbackground, making a negative of said comiccharacter, superimposing said white silhouette character upon the otherpositive print before development and again exposing the same to light,developing said latter positive print, making )a negative from saidlast-named print, and then combining said negative with the negativeofsaid comic character and printing said combination to form the finalpositive print.

3. The process of producing a motion picture product comprising thefollowing steps :photographing a real 'life scene, making a positiveprint of the negative produced, making a blacksilhouette character,photographing said silhouette character to form a white silhouettecharacter with a black background, superimposing said white silhouettecharacter upon the positive print before development and again exposingthe same to light, and developing said print.

In testimony whereof I signature.

have afiixed my

